Researchers have discovered how IBD activates the bone marrow and increases the risk of colon cancer through a key TL1A signal.

Models suggest that impact-ejected material from Earth could reach Venus’ clouds and potentially survive there briefly.

Many members of the animal kingdom can detect the subtle undulations of Earth’s magnetic field. Relying on a hidden ...

Dragonflies the size of hawks once stalked Earth’s skies. Scientists thought they knew why they’d gone away – but a decades old theory may have just been disproven ...

New observatories and spacecraft missions are probing environments in our solar system that could potentially host life but have long remained hidden. Icy moons like Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s ...

How pigeons fly hundreds of kilometers and still find their way home has long fascinated people. Now, researchers say a surprising answer may be hidden, not in the brain or eyes of birds, but in the ...

A tiny sea creature might hold the secret to reversing the aging process. When treated with a brief series of electrical pulses, sea squirts experience dramatic and long-lasting health improvements ...

How animals use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate is one of biology’s biggest unsolved mysteries. This study proposes a ...

Immune cells packed with iron act as an "internal compass" — helping the birds detect the Earth's magnetic field.

How animals navigate by Earth's magnetic field is hotly debated. New research in pigeons points to iron-laden liver immune ...

At least part of the answer appears to be hiding inside a seemingly random organ. Immune cells inside pigeon livers called ...